Re: Screenshots - 2007

Hi all,

I just finished installing the latest XFCE on my Dell work laptop. I am very impressed. I was running Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) but I decided I needed a change and went to Open Suse 10.2. This is what I use as my primary workstation. Anyway, here is my screen shot. It's nothing fancy yet but I have all my work tools installed.

Re: Screenshots - 2007

I would very much like to know how you have Beryl working on XFCE4. I have it working up to a point, but not useable.

I start it like so (found this from Googling):

beryl-manager &emerald &startxfce4

The result is that I get the basic Beryl effects, but no WM (no window titles) and Terminal is just a featureless white triangle. This is running it as a test user with a blank config, just so I'm sure that there are no conflicting configs, and the XFCE composite manager is not running.

I do not use a graphical login manager, and do not wish to if I can avoid it :-)

Re: Screenshots - 2007

Suppose I should post a screen, considering the topic...

Not much to see, mainly just working with Tovid, which is what I spend most of my time doing, as much a TV/movie junky as computer :-)

Theme is MurrinaBluegray (doesn't everybody use Murrina??), Candido (more Cimi themes...heh), Tango icons (getting more boring by the minute, eh?), but I do use a *wacky* ROX panel at the bottom with my favourite ROX apps, archive, edit, roxiso, roxdao.

Re: Screenshots - 2007

I would very much like to know how you have Beryl working on XFCE4. I have it working up to a point, but not useable.

I start it like so (found this from Googling):

beryl-manager &emerald &startxfce4

The result is that I get the basic Beryl effects, but no WM (no window titles) and Terminal is just a featureless white triangle. This is running it as a test user with a blank config, just so I'm sure that there are no conflicting configs, and the XFCE composite manager is not running.

I do not use a graphical login manager, and do not wish to if I can avoid it :-)

Thanks for any tips!

I think you might have to edit the xorg.conf. I got the info from the wiki page. I strongly suggest you look in your distro forum or wiki. That is the best way to get help. Good luck!

Re: Screenshots - 2007

lyrae wrote:

I think you might have to edit the xorg.conf. I got the info from the wiki page. I strongly suggest you look in your distro forum or wiki. That is the best way to get help. Good luck!

All I needed was that tip about the xorg.conf, mate! Thanks! Now I've got all of the beautiful Beryl effects I wanted, scale/expose, the enhanced app switcher, and some real sweet eye candy thrown in for effect :-)